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June 30, 2008 |
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2009
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, focusing on its architecture and educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 30, 2008
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month, the featured object is Roman mosaic floor featuring a boxing scene. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2009
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 29, 2009
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Focus Tour: True and Lasting Beauty: J. Paul Getty and the Lure of Ancient Art
Monday June 30, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
In amassing his collection of ancient art, J. Paul Getty followed a tradition of collecting dating back to the Romans. Focused around some of the works that he personally collected, this one-hour tour examines what the acquisition of antiquities has meant to collectors from the 1st century B.C. to the present day. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Store 15 minutes before the talk.
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Exhibitions |
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The Hope Hygieia: Restoring a Statue's History
Daily through September 8, 2008
Museum, Getty Villa
A Roman marble statue of Hygieia, ancient goddess of health, was found at Ostia in 1797 and restored shortly thereafter. The sculpture was first acquired by the British interior designer Thomas Hope and was later owned by American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The figure's 19th-century restorations were removed in the 1970s, but these historical additions were recently reintegrated at the Getty Villa. On loan from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hope Hygieia exemplifies evolving attitudes toward the restoration and display of classical sculpture on the part of collectors, curators, and conservators.
 Learn more about this exhibition
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